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You must've come in a taxi- Udinese cheered on in Serie A game by precisely one fan

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  1. Hank Scorpio

    Hank Scorpio Well-Known Member

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    Yes it's shamelessly nicked form another board.

    When Udinese headed to Genoa for their Serie A match against Sampdoria on Monday night, they probably didn't expect much travelling support to come with them. After all, it's a brutal five-hour drive across northern Italy in freezing conditions - and in any case the match was on telly.

    They might have expected a bit more than what they got, however: just one fan turned out to cheer on his men.

    The fan seemed quite happy to have an entire stand of the Luigi Ferrari stadium to himself, grinning for cameras, chatting to the two stewards who were assigned to stop him invading the pitch, and waving happily to the home fans :)biggrin:).

    And the local fans took him to their hearts in inspiring fashion, cheering him on as he stood in the cold, and even presenting him a shirt signed by Sampdoria skipper Daniele Gastaldello as a souvenir.

    It hasn't emerged whether he was a former Udine resident now living in Genoa, or whether he had indeed traversed the country to cheer his men on. Either way, he ended up glad that he made the effort: Udinese ran out 2-0 winners to climb to eighth in the table.

    Can't complain about the away attendances now after reading this. Italian football must be on it's arse.
     
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    Hank Scorpio, Dec 11, 2012
  2. The Omega Man

    The Omega Man Well-Known Member

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    Watford fan
     
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  3. HullCityAFC1904

    HullCityAFC1904 Well-Known Member

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    Maybe it was Zola scouting for more loans
     
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    HullCityAFC1904, Dec 11, 2012
  4. roseniorhisgranisfromhull

    roseniorhisgranisfromhull Well-Known Member

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    I watched this as it was live on ESPN, they cut to him every time Udinese scored or had a chance, he looked a bit bored of the cameras by the end.
     
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    roseniorhisgranisfromhull, Dec 11, 2012
  5. bum_chinned_crab

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    Every single Serie A game is on telly.
     
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    bum_chinned_crab, Dec 11, 2012
  6. Hank Scorpio

    Hank Scorpio Well-Known Member

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    There's alot of televised matches in this country mate, but people stll go despite that, the weather conditions & the distance.
     
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    Hank Scorpio, Dec 11, 2012
  7. bum_chinned_crab

    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    You've completely and utterly missed my point. The post made reference to not expecting many away fans cos it was on telly. I was pointing out this was irrelevent because EVERY Serie A game is on telly.
     
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    bum_chinned_crab, Dec 11, 2012
  8. Hank Scorpio

    Hank Scorpio Well-Known Member

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    To be fair i didn't write it, just copied it.
     
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    Hank Scorpio, Dec 11, 2012
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    bum_chinned_crab Well-Known Member

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    Irrelevent.

    I'm 99% sure I remember Pompey taking double digit numbers to Boro for a live televised game in the Prem. for some reason 23 rings a bell.
     
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    bum_chinned_crab, Dec 11, 2012
  10. originallambrettaman

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    The lowest ever attendance for away fans in the Premier League was zero.

    There were a couple of games in the early years where away fans were banned, due to crowd trouble.
     
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  11. Hank Scorpio

    Hank Scorpio Well-Known Member

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    Was it the fans boycotting the match?
     
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    Hank Scorpio, Dec 11, 2012
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    Theres always a Pompey fan ringing a bell!
     
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    augustatiger, Dec 11, 2012
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    Its the ****ing drum I can't stand :steam:
     
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    merchantman5, Dec 12, 2012
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  16. onceatiger

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    Sorry - you can't miss a bloody day on this forum! delete or merge mods please
     
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